Table 1. Comparison of baseline characteristics (age, BMI, smoking, and alcohol consumption) and index of MS (fasting blood glucose, blood pressure, TG, HDL-C, waist circumference) between males and females.
| Total (N = 205) |
Male (N = 88) |
Female (N = 117) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic and clinical characteristics | ||||
| Age (year) 2 | 56.0 (48.0, 63.0)a | 55.0 (46.0, 61.0)b | 58.0 (51.0, 63.0) | 0.056 |
| BMI (kg/m2) 2 | 24.7 (22.2, 27.3) | 24.6 (22.5, 26.7) | 24.7 (22.0, 27.4) | 0.853 |
| Smoking3 | 44 (21.5) | 39 (44.3) | 5 (4.3) | < 0.001 |
| Alcohol consumption3 | 35 (17.1) | 27 (30.7) | 8 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
| Family history of diabetes3 | 82 (40.0) | 39 (44.3) | 43 (36.8) | 0.274 |
| Metabolic syndrome3 | 84 (41.0) | 37 (42.1) | 47 (40.2) | 0.787 |
| Index of metabolic syndrome | ||||
| Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l) 2 | 98.0 (88.6, 113.0) | 101.5 (90.9, 117.0) | 96.3 (86.2, 106.0) | 0.026 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 2 | 122.0 (112.0, 132.0) | 122.0 (110.0, 130.0) | 122.0 (114.0, 136.0) | 0.534 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 1 | 79.2 ± 9.5 | 81.0 ± 9.2 | 77.8 ± 9.6 | 0.015 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) 2 | 127.0 (87.0, 169.0) | 132.5 (97.5, 179.5) | 116.0 (84.0, 167.0) | 0.207 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 2 | 45.4 (38.6, 58.0) | 42.0 (35.0, 47.0) | 54.0 (41.8, 65.0) | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) 1 | 84.3 ± 10.6 | 89.0 ± 9.6 | 80.7 ± 9.8 | < 0.001 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio2 | 0.88 (0.83, 0.92) | 0.92 (0.88, 0.94) | 0.84 (0.81, 0.88) | < 0.001 |
1 Normally distributed continuous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
2 Non-normally distributed continuous data are presented as median (interquartile range, IQR).
3 Categorical data are expressed as counts (%)
a Due to one subject with missing data of age, N = 204
b Due to one subject with missing data of age, N = 87